The Invincible Little Lady: Volume 4 Part 1 by Chatsufusa

Author:Chatsufusa
Language: eng
Format: epub

3. On Site Inspection

As I beat my head against the wall, a rope ladder was thrown down the pit. Seeing this made me finally come to as I watched the prince nimbly climb down the ladder.

Come to think of it, Reifus is the type to do everything perfectly. I guess he’s not specialized for any one thing, but more like a jack of all trades? I thought to myself as I watched him climb down the unsteady ladder.

“Phew... Oh, Miss Mary, you really are fine,” Reifus said with concern as he descended to the bottom of the pit, once again worrying about me. He truly was a gentleman in this regard. His every motion was elegant, and he gave me the impression he would grow up into a very popular, all-capable royal.

I suppose that’s just royalty for you... Well, no, considering his flirt of a father, maybe that’s not quite right.

“What’s wrong, Miss Mary?” The prince peered into my face as I pondered this, looking a bit concerned.

“N-Nothing,” I said, unwilling to admit I was looking at him. “Right, let’s start the inspection, then.”

I started walking around the open space within the pit, trying to change the topic. There was light filtering in from above, but it was still dark. Still, even with the poor lighting, the room definitely looked manmade.

“Light.” I cast a spell to light up the room.

As expected, the room looked to have been buried down here for years, and there was no sign of anyone having come here recently. But, of course, this was just a cursory look, so I didn’t know this for sure.

I took another look around the room. The bookshelves and chairs whoever had set this room up once used were now old and crumbling, and the shelves didn’t seem to have any books on them. The place had been thoroughly cleaned out.

“It doesn’t look like anyone has used this place any time recently,” I suggested.

“Yes. It looks like the place was just left here, abandoned... I suppose? But I think it’s strange that it was buried.”

Reifus brought up the obvious question. If this was just an unused basement room, why bury it?

It almost feels like someone wanted to seal this place... That scary thought crossed my mind, and I instantly shook my head so as to reject it.

“Miss Mary?” Reifus asked, confused by my actions.

“Oh, nothing, don’t mind that... Let’s check inside the desks.”

You’re overthinking this! It’s just that so many things have been going in a way that makes me really conspicuous recently, so I’m getting pessimistic. But I have to stay positive. There’s nothing here! And that’s for the best.

In an attempt to rouse myself and shake off the negative thoughts, I approached a nearby desk and pulled one of its drawers open. As it opened with a sliding sound, I discovered an ominous looking box inside it.

Noooo! There’s actually something here! I screamed internally.

Panicked, I tried to shut the drawer, but since it was old, it got stuck and wouldn’t close.

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